In the overall situation of weak global semiconductor development, one area has gone against the trend and gradually strengthened, that is, medical semiconductors.
According to IC Insights' report, from 2008 to 2013 (which included negative growth due to the financial crisis in 2009), the compound annual growth rate of medical semiconductors was 6.9%. From 2013 to 2018, this figure increased to 12.3%.
It is estimated that by 2018, medical semiconductors will have annual sales of $8.2 billion. In the IC part, by 2018, the market compound annual growth rate is expected to be 10.7%, and the total scale is as high as 6.6 billion US dollars. This figure mainly comes from the strong demand of solid-state sensors and optical imaging devices; in addition to IC, optoelectronic devices, sensors\drivers Non-ICs such as discrete components have a compound annual growth rate of 20.3%, and are expected to reach $1.6 billion by 2018.
Market Forecast for Medical Semiconductors (Source: IC Insights)
These increases come from people's emphasis on health and the need for an aging population. Of course, the development of technology is a prerequisite for all growth.
The medical market generated by the intelligent concept
Before the concept of smart medical care, the medical device market was basically a business between hospitals and equipment manufacturers. There is basically no choice between buyers and sellers, especially in the case of medical equipment suppliers. narrow. Only dozens of foreign manufacturers such as GE, Siemens, Philips, Johnson & Johnson, Hitachi, and Olympus are available worldwide.
Although the domestic medical industry has been vigorously developed in the past decade, it has also spawned a number of well-known medical equipment manufacturers at home and abroad, but the medical market is still a business of hospitals and equipment manufacturers.
All of this has revolutionized the concept of intelligent intrusion into the hardware, and it is a change in both supply and demand.
This so-called intelligence is a combination of "cloud computing + big data + networking", after collecting data through various sensor front ends, and then "intelligent" processing, giving users a feasible suggestion or prediction result.
In urban construction, this is called a smart city; in the automotive field, it is called a smart car; in the medical field, it is called smart medical.
Many manufacturers have introduced related products by means of technology accumulation, such as Omron and Panasonic. Their smart medical devices can attract the attention of consumers. For example, a sphygmomanometer connected to a hospital database can allow doctors to see the user's blood pressure. And make suggestions; for example, a networked heart rate monitor that allows doctors or “machines†on the other side of the network to know your heart's health and remind them.
Thanks to the development of sensors and networking technologies, and the simplification of semiconductor solution providers, more and more start-ups can also enter the field of smart medical care. Smart medical devices with a lot of flowers are starting to break out, and this market is starting to get bigger and bigger.
According to the latest report from market research firm IC Insights, sales of medical electronics in 2014 increased by 8% year-on-year to $50.9 billion. From 2012 to 2017, global medical electronics sales are expected to remain at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.3%, eventually increasing sales to $65.4 billion in 2017.
Under the influence of smart medical care, the market for medical electronic semiconductors has ushered in a spring like the beginning of the article.
Major manufacturers compete for smart medical gold mines
Medical electronic devices, fundamentally, are the main components of sensors, MCUs, wireless networks, power supplies, and other passive components. Because of the intelligence, they also increase the demand for cloud platforms. The above constitutes a modern intelligent medical device.
In order to tap these markets, traditional manufacturers have invested a lot of money in research and development, and expect to gain first-mover advantage in the market.
First of all, I would like to talk about New Japan Wireless. As a senior analog semiconductor manufacturer, Nippon Wireless is mainly focusing on the contact inlet (sensor) in the medical electronics field, and has introduced various types of reflective photoelectric sensors. To make the measurement more accurate, the application is more extensive, and the finished product development is simpler. For the purpose of intelligent medical application, small-sized, low-power corresponding products and solutions are also introduced from the aspects of audio sounding components and wireless connection RF devices. To meet the needs of smart medical device portability and connectivity.
The main feature of the reflective photoelectric sensor for vital sign detection is the use of reflected light for measurement. It is more widely used in the measurement site than the previous finger-clip measurement method. Any part that can measure blood pressure can be used. Measure with this product. This reflective photoelectric sensor does not have any pressure-like feel like a finger-clip type, and can be easily measured by simply touching the body surface.
In addition to cutting into smart medical care from the MCU and other fields, Texas Instruments, another semiconductor manufacturer, is also helping smart medical care from the power supply field. Free wireless medical devices with wireless charging. For example, hearing aids, integrated with wireless charging, can be made smaller in size, and can be charged as long as they are placed in an electromagnetic induction box. The best small solution before this is just USB charging.
The low-power, high-efficiency, miniaturized wireless charging integration solutions developed by Texas Instruments, such as TIDA-00318, TIDA-00334, etc., are a great improvement for portable smart medical experience.
Involved in the intelligent part, the domestic manufacturer Xinlianda has combined with its own practical experience since June this year, and the first domestically launched “Internet+†solution for the whole process, which can be quickly integrated before the hospital, the hospital and the hospital. Provides seven-in-one solutions including handheld hospitals, mobile doctor stations, mobile nurse stations, mobile pharmacists stations, mobile operations management, in-hospital communication management and doctor-patient communication, aiming to help hospitals become “operational, efficient, management-leading, patient-satisfied†"Smart Hospital." For smart medical care, it is a big supplement.
In addition, ST, ADI and other manufacturers, with the help of sensors, power supplies and other aspects, smart medical treatment is bound to give the greatest strength to better serve the masses, and the human medical experience will rise to a new level in the near future. ,let us wait and see.
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